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THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS was released 35 years ago today. One of the most commercially and critically successful crime thrillers ever made, the making of story is like having an old friend for dinner…
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7 years after the success – and film adaptation of – his 1981 novel Red Dragon, author Thomas Harris published a sequel. It followed an enigmatic character from the first – Hannibal Lecter – and was called The Silence of the Lambs.
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Immediately on the book’s release, film studios were interested. Gene Hackman and Orion Pictures joined forces to acquire the rights for $500k. The idea was Hackman would direct the film, possibly write it, and star as FBI Agent Jack Crawford.
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Foreign stock investing 101
Us naive Americans dont think about currency returns as part of our portfolios as we have the biggest and for decades best place to invest in equities.
Every other global investor cares about currency returns at basic level for their investing
Us naive Americans dont think about currency returns as part of our portfolios as we have the biggest and for decades best place to invest in equities.
Every other global investor cares about currency returns at basic level for their investing
The basic idea for investors or all nationalities should be simple and obvious to all. But we Americans just haven't had to care. Maybe we still don't but at least we should be aware. This 101 will explain what is obvious to all non Americans and then show how it works
The goal of all investors is simple. We want to maximize the risk adjusted return of our investments in the currency we expect to spend in the future.
As Americans we want to maximize our USD returns
If we are Japanese we want to maximize our Yen returns
Etc.
As Americans we want to maximize our USD returns
If we are Japanese we want to maximize our Yen returns
Etc.
1/ Russian warbloggers are outraged at being told by a journalist that it's their own fault that the Russian government is restricting Telegram. They argue that if not for the warblogger community, the military's lies would have gone unchallenged – which is exactly the point. ⬇️
2/ Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist Ivan Pankin has prompted fury with his claim that "endless nameless insiders, all those endless bloggers, the smartest people on earth who know everything and who have been spreading all sorts of nonsense" have annoyed the Russian government.
3/ He is almost certainly correct, but the warbloggers aren't having any of it and have responded angrily. They claim they have been consistently right in warning about the failures of the Russian military, to the overall benefit of the war effort and Russian population.
Didn't find the Atlantic article about the Mellon as objectionable as some, but I parsed AWM's most recent 990: of $555M in giving, $225M went to higher ed. That's like half the annual spend of an Arts&Sciences college at a big public R1. It's just not enough to move the needle.
Put another way, there are about 400 R1s + liberal arts colleges in America. $225M = about $500K per. Higher ed in America is simply enormous, and the idea that a few hundred mil in grantmaking each year can exert a real gravitational effect seems questionable by the numbers.
The top 4 public R1s recieved $8M (directly, excluding things like ACLS), which probably sounds like a lot, until you realize that they probably spend ~$3-400M on their respective humanities divisions in aggregate, which makes this like 2% of funding.
Lots of people are selling my prompts and my workflows… I don’t give a fuck.
I’m still sharing everything I know about generative AI for free.
9 essential resources from the last 2 weeks 👇
1. Full workflow to create 3rd-person POV continuous videos
I’m still sharing everything I know about generative AI for free.
9 essential resources from the last 2 weeks 👇
1. Full workflow to create 3rd-person POV continuous videos
2. Another complete workflow with more than 17 prompts to recreate documentaries
3. Tutorial about how to generate locally with the SOTA open-source video model
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Follow these 8 steps to clear icloud space fast:
1. Identify Storage Hogs
Go to Settings → [Your Name] → iCloud → Manage Storage and see what's eating up the most space across Photos, Backups, Mail, and Apps.
Go to Settings → [Your Name] → iCloud → Manage Storage and see what's eating up the most space across Photos, Backups, Mail, and Apps.
2. Remove Old iPhone Backups
In Manage Storage → Backups, delete old device backups from phones you no longer own. Keep only your current device.
In Manage Storage → Backups, delete old device backups from phones you no longer own. Keep only your current device.
STOP PAYING FOR STOCK TRADING COURSES.
GROK + Gemini can coach you for free.
Use these 7 prompts to trade smarter:
GROK + Gemini can coach you for free.
Use these 7 prompts to trade smarter:
1. Market Conditions Analyzer
Prompt:
"Summarize the current state of [MARKET], including major risks, opportunities, and key trends."
Why it matters: Instead of scrolling through news for hours, GROK analyzes the market and Gemini feeds in real-time data.
Prompt:
"Summarize the current state of [MARKET], including major risks, opportunities, and key trends."
Why it matters: Instead of scrolling through news for hours, GROK analyzes the market and Gemini feeds in real-time data.
2. Investment Strategy Builder
Prompt:
"Suggest a trading strategy for → swing trading, → day trading, → long-term investing based on current market conditions."
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"Suggest a trading strategy for → swing trading, → day trading, → long-term investing based on current market conditions."
Chinese FM Wang Yi on Ukraine: Europe should not be on the menu, but at the table.
The war is in Europe — Europeans have every right to be at the negotiating table.
Beijing supports Europe talking to Russia.
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The war is in Europe — Europeans have every right to be at the negotiating table.
Beijing supports Europe talking to Russia.
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Wang Yi: I do not believe that the situation in the Asia-Pacific is becoming increasingly tense.
In fact, Asia is probably the only region that maintains overall peace.
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In fact, Asia is probably the only region that maintains overall peace.
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Wang Yi: The Japanese PM said a Taiwan contingency could trigger collective self-defense. This is the first time in 80 years that a Japanese leader has made such remarks.
It violates China’s territorial sovereignty and Japan’s commitments to China.
China cannot accept this.
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It violates China’s territorial sovereignty and Japan’s commitments to China.
China cannot accept this.
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@GibsTweets_KF @d33p3r4m4 Hey I thought you might like this. It's Jersh defending hosting a board for pedophiles to discuss being pedophiles. He's a proud, unabashed pedophile enabler. Because of "free speech."
@GibsTweets_KF @d33p3r4m4 Here he is also calling this character "fucking hot." I understand you and the rest of his cocksuckers bought into the "age appropriate neko shota" line, but he was 15 when he wrote this and this is clearly a little girl.
@GibsTweets_KF @d33p3r4m4 Erm..............................................
R.I.P. ChatGPT for long documents.
Gemini Pro reads up to 1,500 pages in one go without missing details.
Here are 8 prompts for analyzing contracts, research papers, and reports (Save for later):
Gemini Pro reads up to 1,500 pages in one go without missing details.
Here are 8 prompts for analyzing contracts, research papers, and reports (Save for later):
1/ Contract Risk and Red Flag Scanner
You are a senior corporate lawyer. Think step-by-step before answering. Base everything strictly on the uploaded document(s). Quote exact text + page/section number in [brackets] after every claim. Never add external knowledge or interpret beyond what is written.
I will upload a full contract.
Your job:
- Summarize the agreement in 10 clear bullets anyone can understand, quoting key phrases with [page/section].
- List all clauses that are risky or one-sided for my side, explain why each is risky in practical terms, and suggest safer alternative wording, always quoting source text with [page/section].
- Highlight hidden gotchas such as automatic renewals, broad indemnities, undefined terms, vague obligations, and extra fees. For each, quote the exact text with [page/section] and explain the real world risk.
- Create a negotiation cheat sheet with my top 10 points to push back on, ranked from must fix to nice to have, each tied to the original clause with [page/section].
Assume I am [role: freelancer/startup founder/small business owner].
Use markdown tables for all comparisons, lists, or extractions.
User tip: Upload the full contract PDF directly in Gemini Pro for best results.
You are a senior corporate lawyer. Think step-by-step before answering. Base everything strictly on the uploaded document(s). Quote exact text + page/section number in [brackets] after every claim. Never add external knowledge or interpret beyond what is written.
I will upload a full contract.
Your job:
- Summarize the agreement in 10 clear bullets anyone can understand, quoting key phrases with [page/section].
- List all clauses that are risky or one-sided for my side, explain why each is risky in practical terms, and suggest safer alternative wording, always quoting source text with [page/section].
- Highlight hidden gotchas such as automatic renewals, broad indemnities, undefined terms, vague obligations, and extra fees. For each, quote the exact text with [page/section] and explain the real world risk.
- Create a negotiation cheat sheet with my top 10 points to push back on, ranked from must fix to nice to have, each tied to the original clause with [page/section].
Assume I am [role: freelancer/startup founder/small business owner].
Use markdown tables for all comparisons, lists, or extractions.
User tip: Upload the full contract PDF directly in Gemini Pro for best results.
2/ Research Paper Deep Dive
You are a world class researcher and teacher. Think step-by-step before answering. Base everything strictly on the uploaded document(s). Quote exact text + page/section number in [brackets] after every claim. Never add external knowledge or interpret beyond what is written.
I will upload a long research paper.
Your job:
- Give me a 10 bullet expert summary of the entire paper, with each bullet backed by a short quote and [page/section].
- Explain the paper like I am five in 5 short sentences, still anchored in the text with at least one quote and [page/section].
- Identify the main findings and what is genuinely new versus prior work, citing text and data with [page/section] for each point.
- Describe the methodology in plain English, including sample, data sources, and methods, quoting the relevant parts with [page/section].
- Call out the biggest limitations, assumptions, or biases mentioned by the authors, quoting their wording with [page/section].
- List 5 to 7 practical actions I should take as a [role: marketer/founder/investor/student] based only on what this paper explicitly supports, with [page/section] for each action.
- Extract the 10 most important quotes or data points with their [page/section].
Adapt your explanations to a [level: beginner/intermediate/advanced] reader.
Use markdown tables for all comparisons, lists, or extractions.
User tip: Upload the full PDF in Gemini Pro and then paste this prompt in the same chat.
You are a world class researcher and teacher. Think step-by-step before answering. Base everything strictly on the uploaded document(s). Quote exact text + page/section number in [brackets] after every claim. Never add external knowledge or interpret beyond what is written.
I will upload a long research paper.
Your job:
- Give me a 10 bullet expert summary of the entire paper, with each bullet backed by a short quote and [page/section].
- Explain the paper like I am five in 5 short sentences, still anchored in the text with at least one quote and [page/section].
- Identify the main findings and what is genuinely new versus prior work, citing text and data with [page/section] for each point.
- Describe the methodology in plain English, including sample, data sources, and methods, quoting the relevant parts with [page/section].
- Call out the biggest limitations, assumptions, or biases mentioned by the authors, quoting their wording with [page/section].
- List 5 to 7 practical actions I should take as a [role: marketer/founder/investor/student] based only on what this paper explicitly supports, with [page/section] for each action.
- Extract the 10 most important quotes or data points with their [page/section].
Adapt your explanations to a [level: beginner/intermediate/advanced] reader.
Use markdown tables for all comparisons, lists, or extractions.
User tip: Upload the full PDF in Gemini Pro and then paste this prompt in the same chat.
Rubio: We want Europe to be strong. Our destinies are intertwined. The great wars of the last century proved that Europe’s fate is never irrelevant to America’s own.
The fundamental question is: what exactly are we defending? 1/
The fundamental question is: what exactly are we defending? 1/
Rubio: For us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere. But we will always be a child of Europe.
Together, we rebuilt a shattered continent in the wake of two devastating world wars. The free West linked arms to defeat Soviet communism. 2/
Together, we rebuilt a shattered continent in the wake of two devastating world wars. The free West linked arms to defeat Soviet communism. 2/
Rubio: The UN has tremendous potential, yet on the most pressing matters it had no answers and played virtually no role.
It could not solve Gaza. It could not solve Ukraine. It took American leadership to free captives and bring adversaries to the table. 3/
It could not solve Gaza. It could not solve Ukraine. It took American leadership to free captives and bring adversaries to the table. 3/
